It is clear that food cannot be treated as a commodity and left to the market, but rather it needs to be understood as a fundamental human right that must be upheld for all people

Our @imogen_rb for @WarOnWant
https://waronwant.org/news-analysis/uk-food-poverty-right-food-human-right @UKSustain 1/

But what is the point of looking at food from a human rights perspective?

Human rights are universal & allow us to:
+focus on the root causes of poverty & inequality
+examine the intersections between different issues
+centre broad participation in policy development
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The fulfilment of this right needs to include a redistribution of wealth & power, both within the food system and throughout society so as to ensure all of us can afford and access food

In a country as rich as the UK there is no excuse for such high levels of poverty
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